# Dorinda Stevens

Dorinda Stevens (16 August 1932 – 25 October 2012) was a British television and film actress of the 1950s and 1960s.

## Biography

Stevens was born Doreen May Stevens in Southampton, the daughter of Henry C. Stevens and Winifred (née Lucas). During World War II, at age 10, she was evacuated to Houghton in Hampshire where she appeared in amateur dramatics to entertain the troops. She studied elocution, and she taught this subject by age 13. She joined the Southampton Repertory Company, where she was spotted for her good looks, and she was booked to appear in London aged 17.
Stevens was briefly married to the actor Peter Wyngarde in the early 1950s and later married Canadian cinematographer William Michael Boultbee (1933–2005) in Nairobi in 1957 while filming for African Patrol.
Stevens retired from acting in 1965. Reviewing her final theatrical film Night Train to Paris (1964), New York Times critic Howard Thompson wrote that "the most attractive thing about the whole picture is a nifty blonde named Dorinda Stevens. The woman can act, too, which is more than can be said for most of the others."
Stevens died aged 80 in 2012 in Winchester in Hampshire as a result of complications of a stroke, and she was cremated at Bournemouth Crematorium.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1952 | Lady in the Fog | Girl at film studio | uncredited |
| 1952 | It Started in Paradise | Flo, 1st barmaid | uncredited |
| 1954 | The Golden Link | Norma Sheridan | |
| 1955 | Confession | Blonde | U.S. title: The Deadliest Sin |
| 1955 | Handcuffs, London | Lady Edith Garven | |
| 1957 | A King in New York | (Unconfirmed role) | uncredited |
| 1957 | Not Wanted on Voyage | Pat | |
| 1958 | Man with a Gun | Club Receptionist | |
| 1959 | Jack the Ripper | Margaret | |
| 1959 | Operation Bullshine | A.T.S. Girl | |
| 1959 | Horrors of the Black Museum | Pat Dunlap | |
| 1959 | The Shakedown | Grace | |
| 1960 | Carry On Constable | Young woman | |
| 1960 | The Gentle Trap | Mary | |
| 1960 | Make Mine Mink | Jean | uncredited |
| 1961 | His and Hers | Dora | |
| 1961 | Raising the Wind | Doris | |
| 1961 | Night Without Pity | Girlfriend | |
| 1962 | Hair of the Dog | Ann Tickle | |
| 1963 | Carry on Jack | Girl at Dirty Dick's | uncredited |
| 1963 | The Undesirable Neighbour | Mary Bennet | part of The Scales of Justice series of featurettes |
| 1964 | The Verdict | Molly | |
| 1964 | Night Train to Paris | Olive Davies | |

## Selected television appearances

| Year | Programme | Episode | Role |
| 1953 | Sunday Night Theatre | "Once in a Lifetime" | Coat-check girl |
| 1955 | Fabian of the Yard | "The King's Hat" | Lady Edith Garven |
| 1955 | Confidentially | | Receptionist |
| 1956 | Sixpenny Corner | | Miss Golightly |
| 1959 | Dial 999 (TV series) | "50,000 Hands" "Old Soldiers Sometimes Die" | Madge Bingham Helen |
| 1958–59 | African Patrol | "Man and Beast" "Missing Doctor" "The Baboon Laughed" | Lila Ruth Helen Gibson |
| 1959 | Crime Sheet | "The Superintendent Hedges a Bet" | Carol Betterton |
| 1960 | International Detective | "The Barnaby Case" | Glory |
| 1959–60 | Interpol Calling | "In the Swim" "Air Switch" | Millicent Helen |
| 1961 | The Pursuers | "Inside Job" | Belle |
| 1962 | The Cheaters | "The Safe Way" | Girl |
| 1959–1962 | No Hiding Place | "Thirty Seconds From Now" "Process of Elimination" "Murder with Witnesses" | Carol Betty Lola la Salle |
| 1962 | The Saint | "The Careful Terrorist" | Verna |
| 1963 | The Scales of Justice | "The Undesirable Neighbour" | Mary Bennet |
| 1964 | The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | "The Verdict" | Molly |
| 1964 | The Avengers | "Concerto" | Darleen |
| 1964 | Hugh and I | "Emergency Ward" | |
| 1965 | Danger Man | "Such Men Are Dangerous" | Miss Jackson |